St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-18


sian % per cent, and Credit Anstalt z,
marks. The panicky feeling of yester-
day in Vienna had rather abated to-day,
but the markets were in state of suS-
pense and there was nothing doing.
No measure that the present reicbS
stag has considered has so notably
shown the national spirit uniting all
parties as the new military bill. Yes
terday's debate was succession OF
PATRIOTIC SPEECHES,
untainted by party bias. After Gen.
Won SchellendOrff's pithy exposition of
the motives of the bill, Herr Bennigsen
for the National Liberals, Baron Malt
zolm for the old Conservatives, and
Count BenrenhOff for the lmperialists,
declared the necessity for the measure.
DR.. Windthorst, in short fervent
speech, expressed the willingness of the
Center to pass it as presented. without
reference to the committee, if the gov
ernment considered that the urgency of
the situation required this action,
through the imminence of war. Herr
Richter also intimated that the pro-
gressiSt party would give general sup
port to the measure, adding that dis
cuSSlOn in committee was advisable,
seeing that the bill proposed some or
ganic changes. Only one faction of the
socialists, he said. had again
canned bad distinction by dis
play of anti-German spirit under
the guiSe of universal humanitarianiSm.
Herr Bebe protested that the measure,
while increasing the combatative power
of the empire, meant
OPPRESSION TO THE PEOPLE
within the empire and the SpOliatiOn of
the people of other countries for the
sole benefit of the military and bureau
cratic classes.
His short speech to a silent and in
dignant house confirmed the opinion
that there is an utter want of sympathy
among the Socialists in any movement
been especially gratifying to the gov
ernment. The absence of the oppOsi-
tiOn which troubled the passage of the
army bill proved that every section of
the house has become permeated with
sense of near danger and is ready to
respond to whatever demands the gov
ernment deems eXpedient.
MORE CAUSE FOR EFFECT.
The proposed scheme to construct
canal between the Niemen and Windau
rivers so as to connect the waters of the
Niemen into the Windau has evoked an
indignant protest from the merchants
of Tilsit and other frontier towns, who
state that the scheme threatens to make
the Niemen almost unnavigable, besides
diverting trade to the port of Windau,
in COuland. The Russian authorities
support the project because it will facil-
itate the importation of grain through
the Russian port and enable shippers to
averse the German frontier duty. The
scheme, if attempted, will become a
Snrinus UIaStinn batUpnn fha Eprpla N
and Russian governments.
MONEY AND ASSISTANCE.
VIENNA. Dec. ia credit of 20,000,-
600 forms will be voted i'll the event of
the government deciding to commence
preparations for war with Russia.
BERLIN, Dec. 17.-It is stated here
that Germany will join Austria should
the latter assume the offensive toward
Russia
BRUSSELS, Dec. lie Nord, the
Russian organ here, in an article on the
European situation, says: Russia does
not want to make war and will not do
SO. She does, however. claim the fullest
right to ADOPT measures to render dlSaS
trouS any invasion byan aggresS0r. Rus
sia would cease to be the independent
and great power she intends remaining
if she permitted an account to be re-
quired of her concerning the steps she
thinks fit TO take regarding her security.
VIENNA, Dec. 17.-The Austrian Of
ficials do not attach the same import
ance to the Journal de st. Petersburg's
article of yesterday dlsclaiming Rus
sia's responsibility for the present state
of affairs in Europe as do the newspa-
pers and the bourse. They point out
that the question of the moment is what
military measures Russia will adopt be-
yOnd those previously taken. The St.
Petersburg correspondent of the Poll
tische CorrespondeZ, in letter to his
paper, says that Russia will shape her
military arrangements according to
those which Austria makes. The pre-
cautions thus taken by both sides must
not be regarded as involving danger of